--- title: To which region did the wood-pigeons state that the Snow-queen had t… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: To which region did the wood-pigeons state that the Snow-queen had travelled? Exam question 4 of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1627-pg5615-part16/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1627-pg5615-part16/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea… To which region did the wood-pigeons state that the Snow-queen had travelled? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wood pigeons, Snow queen · **What happens:** do, state, travell This is exam question 4 of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1627-pg5615-part16/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e4:1 # text = To which region did the wood-pigeons state that the Snow-queen had travelled? 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 state state VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | to which region | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the wood pigeons | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **travell** | past · perfect | the Snow queen | | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The far northern lands of Lapland ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e4:o1:1 # text = The far northern lands of Lapland 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Lapland Lapland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Spitzbergen island ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e4:o2:1 # text = Spitzbergen island 1 Spitzbergen Spitzbergen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Lapland ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e4:o3:1 # text = Lapland 1 Lapland Lapland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Finland ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e4:o4:1 # text = Finland 1 Finland Finland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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